Financial Education Know Before You Owe Holly Wright UM Financial Education Program Manager
Federal Student Aid Process Financial Aid Package Student Loans Personal Finance Budgeting Credit Report Manage Checking/Savings Accounts FRE E
BUDGETING
BUDGETING Budgeting Tools: Increase Income Decrease Expenses Start paying towards your loans while in school! Even if it's only $5 a month, create the habit of making payments
PAYING FOR COLLEGE Scholarships Grants Work Study
FAFSA Should have already filed your 2017-2018 FAFSA The 2018-2019 FAFSA opened on October 1, 2017 at www.fafsa.ed.gov You will use your 2016 tax info for the 2018-2019 FAFSA Needed to submit your 2018-2019 FAFSA before December 1, 2017 in order to be in the Priority Group for UM Your 2019-2020 FAFSA will open on October 1, 2018 and use the information from your 2017 taxes
You and one parent need an FSA ID
IRS Data Retrieval Tool
Grants Based on Financial Need Most Common: Pell Grant Max Pell Grant is $5,920 (for the 2017-2018 year) Can receive it for up to 6 years
Work-Study Earn-as-you-go Aid Work a job to earn aid This aid comes as a bi-weekly paycheck Many different departments and locations UDASH Bus Driver Office Assistant for non-profit Research Aide for Avian Study After-school Program Assistant
Scholarships Applications typically open in October/November Financial Aid Office: www.umt.edu/scholarships UM Scholarship Portal: www.umt.edu/finaid/scholarships/umscholarship-portal Your Department: talk to staff at front desk or see your department website External Databases: http://www.umt.edu/finaid/scholarships/externalscholarships Laure Pengelly Drake: Director of External Scholarships and Advising
Scholarships Applications typically close in February/March The Writing Center Think about what makes you distinctive Create scholarships: (sometimes businesses don t advertise that they have scholarships) Your employer, your parents employer, local businesses, banks, utilities Veteran s Benefits
Scholarships
Student Loans Private, Federal and Institutional
LOANS Federal/Institutional Student Loans Types of Federal Loans Direct Subsidized Loan, 4.45% Federal Perkins Loan, 5% Direct Unsubsidized Loan, 4.45% Direct Parent PLUS Loan, 7%
You Can Accept A Portion of Your Loan You do not have to accept the total amount of a loan. You can always accept a portion of it.
LOANS Servicers There are four main servicers used by the Department of Education for Direct Loans:
There Are Caps To What You Can Borrow Dependent Undergraduates: $31,000 Independent Undergraduates: $57,500 Graduate or Professional Students: $138,500 Medical Graduate Students: $224,000
Once You Get Your Aid, You Need To Keep It You earn your aid by attending class. Stop attending class and you will have to pay your aid back
Decide Now How Much You Are Willing To Borrow For Your Education $20,000? $30,000? $50,000? Make sure your borrowing patterns will total this amount and no more by the time you graduate.
Decide Now How Much You Are Willing To Borrow For Your Education Freshman Year $5,500 Sophomore Year $6,500 Junior Year $7,500 Senior Year $7,500 Total: $27,000
Decide Now How Much You Are Willing To Borrow For Your Education Freshman Year $5,500 Sophomore Year $6,500 Junior Year $7,500 Senior Year $7,500 Total: $27,000 Monthly Payments needed to pay off the loans in 10 years: approx. $279 Total paid: $33,501
LOANS Repayment Plans Standard (fixed payments, 10 yrs) Graduated (low payments at first, then increase over 10 yrs) Extended Standard (fixed payments, up to 25 yrs) Extended Graduated (low payments at first, then increase; up to 25 yrs) I want to pay off my loans in a set number of years Revised Pay As You Earn (payments 10% of discretionary income) Pay As You Earn (payments 10% of discretionary income) Income-Based Repayment, IBR (payments 15% of discretionary income) Income-Contingent Repayment, ICR (payments based on gross income, family size, total amount of loans) Income-Sensitive Repayment (payments based on annual income) I can only make payments that are based on how much money I make
LOANS Repayment Plans - Parent PLUS Standard (fixed payments, 10 yrs) Graduated (low payments at first, then increase over 10 yrs) Extended Standard (fixed payments, up to 25 yrs) Extended Graduated (low payments at first, then increase; up to 25 yrs) I want to pay off my loans in a set number of years Revised Pay As You Earn (payments 10% of discretionary income) Pay As You Earn (payments 10% of discretionary income) Income-Based Repayment, IBR (payments 15% of discretionary income) Income-Contingent Repayment, ICR (payments based on gross income, family size, total amount of loans) Income-Sensitive Repayment (payments based on annual income) I can only make payments that are based on how much money I make
STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT Last payment is over 270 days late 24% collection agency cost Wages garnished at 15% SSI and SSDI benefits are garnished Federal and state tax refund kept Goes on your credit report Never ignore mail sent to you from your loan servicer.
Once You Graduate Beware of Third- Party Companies
Mason, C., & Wilson, R. (2000). Conceptualizing financial literacy (Research Series Paper 2000:7). London: Business School, Laughborough University. NASFAA. "Proliferation in Student Debt Driven By Weakest Borrowers, Fed Finds." NASFAA. 20 February 2014. Web. 23 February 2014.